Hi all!
Just spent the last couple of afternoons up at The Pleasance & Bristo Square in Edinburgh
Just spent the last couple of afternoons up at The Pleasance & Bristo Square in Edinburgh
taking in the sights sounds & smells of the Fringe!
We managed to snag free tickets to 3 shows!
Talk about being in the right place at The Right Time!
The first was a play called
Splendid Isolation
Simon Usher directs this World premiere of Nick Wards play
adapted from the Heart of Darkness and
Outpost of Progress by Joseph Conrad. A grotesquely dark comedy about
slavery, opium addiction, cartography, madness and abandonment.
Developed as a National Theatre Studio project, Splendid Isolation
has never been publicly performed.
Originally set in the African jungle, it was re-configured to a 19th-century
northwest Australian pearling setting and will be staged for the first time at
the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.
Nick Ward is a three times FringeFirst winner and
Splendid Isolation marks his return to the Edinburgh Festival.
Splendid Isolation
adapted from the Heart of Darkness and
Outpost of Progress by Joseph Conrad. A grotesquely dark comedy about
slavery, opium addiction, cartography, madness and abandonment.
Developed as a National Theatre Studio project, Splendid Isolation
has never been publicly performed.
Originally set in the African jungle, it was re-configured to a 19th-century
northwest Australian pearling setting and will be staged for the first time at
the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.
Nick Ward is a three times FringeFirst winner and
Splendid Isolation marks his return to the Edinburgh Festival.
very well written & the acting was excellent!
The Second was
Tom Allen's Afternoon Tea
The perfect start to your Edinburgh experience! Festival performers
join award-winning Tom Allen for an
anarchic but very civilized hour of parlour games,
party pieces and chat.
‘An absolute must see’ ****
(ThreeWeeks). ‘Delightful’ **** (Chortle.co.uk).
join award-winning Tom Allen for an
anarchic but very civilized hour of parlour games,
party pieces and chat.
‘An absolute must see’ ****
(ThreeWeeks). ‘Delightful’ **** (Chortle.co.uk).
A chat show!
The guests included Ed Byrne & his Baby Son Cosmo!
Lynn Ruth Miller & Bruce Devlin
See it again and again for the first time!
The oldest swingers are hot to trot with a riotous show of senior
moments and golden oldies.
At Jurassic Park Retirement Home our motto is 'never say die' and ageing
disgracefully is compulsory.
Boogie to hip-replacement-hop, ride with
The Leader of the Geriatric Pack, get
your lippy on for grab-a-granny night!
Don't forget to book! 'Audience guffawed and cheered. Hilarious!'
(Age) 'Wipe away tears of laughter!' (Rainbow-Jeparit Argus) '
Crackles along like grandma's knees on a treadmill!' (www.rhum.org.au)
Melbourne Comedy Festival Award Winner. www.alzheimersthemusical.com
The other show that we saw today was
How to be Awesome - An Introduction
The guests included Ed Byrne & his Baby Son Cosmo!
Lynn Ruth Miller & Bruce Devlin
Third up was
Alzheimers The MusicalSee it again and again for the first time!
The oldest swingers are hot to trot with a riotous show of senior
moments and golden oldies.
At Jurassic Park Retirement Home our motto is 'never say die' and ageing
disgracefully is compulsory.
Boogie to hip-replacement-hop, ride with
The Leader of the Geriatric Pack, get
your lippy on for grab-a-granny night!
Don't forget to book! 'Audience guffawed and cheered. Hilarious!'
(Age) 'Wipe away tears of laughter!' (Rainbow-Jeparit Argus) '
Crackles along like grandma's knees on a treadmill!' (www.rhum.org.au)
Melbourne Comedy Festival Award Winner. www.alzheimersthemusical.com
The other show that we saw today was
How to be Awesome - An Introduction
Answering all of life's questions. Plus props. Lou Sanders as seen on BBC3, ITV4 and in your dreams. When you were little and fantasising about what you wanted to be when you grew up ... it was probably this show. 'Destined for hugeness’, ‘Uber-talented', 'Utterly delightful' (Time Out London Critic's Choice). ‘Funny bones and that little bit of sparkle that makes a good performer great' (ITV). 'Lou Sanders had the best comic timing ... Genuinely funny jokes' (ThreeWeeks).
My goodness Dawn, lucky you snagging the free tickets. Sounds like you had a great time. Lee xx
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